You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DEMOCRITUSSoul and intellect are just the same things.
More Democritus Quotes
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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